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Grimes

The electronic musician Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes, was born on 17 March 1988 in Vancouver, Canada and is based in Los Angeles. Her music is an eclectic mix of styles which she described herself as "ADD music", because it shifts frequently and dramatically. She fuses contemporary instrumentation with classical vocal practices.
Boucher was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2006, she moved to Montreal, Canada to attend Montreal's McGill University, studying Russian literature and later, neuroscience. Read more on Last.fm

Posted for Grimes - "(This is why I love Rocnation ) _we’re standing with Meek Mill & his fight for criminal justice #REFORM. Watch and read his @NYTOpinion op-ed on The New York Times here: https://meekmill.co/nytoped 🖤🌸🖤"

Grimes
Nov 26, 2018

New web store and merch_ 🎨🖍 by Grimes 🖤_ New music coming Nov 29!🗡🌋🎶..... grimesmusic.com

Grimes
Nov 26, 2018

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Grimes
Nov 26, 2018

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Grimes
Sep 26, 2018

Grimes wrote and produced the theme song to a new Netflix show, Hilda. Season 1 streaming now https://goo.gl/Y4oSdW

Grimes
Mar 25, 2018

Grimes won video of the year at The JUNO Awards for Venus Fly ft. Janelle Monáe. Big thanks to The JUNO Awards, Janelle Monáe, The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Recordings (FACTOR), and Route Eleven!

Grimes
Nov 10, 2017

Bid on Grimes’ boots: smallstepsproject.org/grimes in #CelebrityShoeAuction so Small Steps Project can help barefoot kids bit.ly/1WfLBdq

Grimes
Sep 28, 2017

The Faé List is a new Spotify playlist by Grimes! "Theres no crap on here" - gimes
a special playlist that highlights artists who write their own music and when possible try 2 giv xtra love 2 independent artists/ female poducers <3 <3

Aristophanes latest offering '人為機器 (Humans Become Machines)' was produced by Grimes, premiered with Zane Lowe on Beats1 this week! Her upcoming mixtape is out February 24th. Support good music and go get it! http://smarturl.it/4ynqgg

Grimes talking about music technology ROLI blocks.
"bear w me but gonna nerd out 4 a sec:
So a couple months ago this company Roli hit me up about making sound packs for their new hardware/ software intrument/thingy called Roli Blocks, which I'm v excited about cuz i make a lot of sound packs at home and I'm very keen to give it a try for somebody else.
Essentially, It's a midi controller -- meaning you can load different sounds into it and create beats and instrumentals. It also has a really sick software element where u access the sounds. It's great for beginners becuz you can do things like choose a scale and then it visually lays it out for you so that if you don't have formal training you can see/ understand how to compose a piece of music in a specific key.
Anyhoo, the thing i really love about this is that allows you to start producing music without necessarily having a lot of experience or skills. (although if ur deep in it its still really fun -- u can synch up the apps w DAWS like ableton if you want).
it's also 'multi timbral' like the seabord rise-- so u can intuitively alter parameters like vibrato or whatever with ur fingers, you can make synths sound almost like natural vocals or violins etc.
It's also really affordable and portable. Like, my main issue w most midi controllers is that they're unwieldy and expensive. lastly, It's modular, meaning you can buy the small individual pieces and slowly build the machine that suits you best and kind of design it yourself, rather than making a giant initial investment and theres no wires, they just kinda connect like lego.
Anyhoo, I obviously get 2 stoked on gear sometimes, but I feel really passionate about this in particular because i believe it will bring the art of music production to more people and I'm really stoked that they asked me to be involved in creating sounds for it (alongside some v cool producers)."

Grimes
Oct 13, 2016

Help be the generation that ends world hunger!
ShareTheMeal is an easy and simple way to donate to hungry kids <3 http://ow.ly/jPV13053Z8M